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  • HCPS LEADER RECEIVES STATEWIDE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

    HOUSTON –Mary Green, director of Transitional Services for Harris County Protective Services (HCPS), is being recognized today with the June Bucy Award for Excellence from Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS). TNOYS, which is dedicated to supporting critical services for Texas youth and their families, presented the award at its 33rd annual statewide conference at the Westin Galleria, in recognition of the leadership and commitment to excellence Green has displayed in her work at HCPS.

  • SAN ANTONIO WOMAN RECEIVES STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER AWARD

    HOUSTON – San Antonio resident Cathy Hamilton is being recognized here today as statewide Volunteer of the Year by the Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) at its annual conference. TNOYS, which is dedicated to supporting critical services for Texas youth and their families, presented the award in recognition of Hamilton’s work to make the San Antonio Threads boutique for teens a reality – giving new clothes and a boost of confidence to teen girls in foster care.

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  • The Courier of Montgomery County

    Montgomery County Youth Alliance receives statewide award

    The Montgomery County Youth Alliance received statewide recognition in Houston on Wednesday evening. The Texas Network of Youth Services, which is dedicated to supporting critical services for young Texans and their families, presented the Community Youth Outreach alliance with the Steve Wick Innovative Program Award.

  • The Austin Chronicle

    Nowhere to Go: Young, homeless, and slipping through the cracks

    With only a bus ticket and a few personal belongings, Regina Tardy fled North Caro­lina from her abusive boyfriend at 17 years old. She was heading to Lubbock, Texas, where she had a few distant relatives, but ended up stuck at an Austin-area Greyhound bus station. For a day and a half, she brainstormed how to get a refund and get back on track to Lubbock. Employees at the station were also unsure of what to do, so they called the police, who promptly transported Tardy to the homeless women's shelter.